Vice President JD Vance said Friday the United States was prepared to put pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine, ahead of a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.Vance also sought to reassure European nations worried about being frozen out of talks on ending the nearly three-year-old conflict,

President Donald Trump started peace negotiations over Ukraine with dramatic flair. Although he had been expected to send his envoy Keith Kellogg to

Vice President JD Vance is appearing at the Munich Security Conference amid intense concern and uncertainty over the Trump administration’s foreign policy. Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor and five high-ranking Justice Department officials resigned rather than drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams in what the prosecutor called a “quid pro quo” aimed at forcing the Democratic-led city to comply with Trump’s immigration agenda.

The vice president said the NATO alliance needed to step up for Ukraine as the United States faces more challenges in East Asia.

Increasingly alarmed that U.S. security priorities lie elsewhere, a group of European countries has been working on a plan to send troops to Ukraine to help enforce any future peace settlement with Russia.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance warned Russia that Washington could hit Moscow with sanctions if it does not agree to a good peace deal with Ukraine, and also urged Europeans to spend more on defence as he arrived for an international security conference.